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Subject: If the BR goes, SWAT goes..

Not going to happen. Do you ever play SWAT?! It is the most fun playlist in the game and there is on avg 15,000 players at a time playing.

Its the sole reason I still play Halo 3's MM.

The BR will return. Or some close variant.

  • 10.21.2009 9:45 PM PDT

Here’s what Luke had to say about the differences in treatment between the Spartans and Elites in Reach:

“Instead of piece-by-piece customization like the Spartans, Elite customization is a full model swap with models selected from the various Elite classes appearing throughout the Campaign. There are all kinds of reasons for this, not the least of which is our continued emphasis on the Spartan as your identity in Reach.”

SWAT is better with the Halo 2 magnum.

  • 10.21.2009 9:48 PM PDT

Dont get me wrong.. I could play with the ODST pistol.. but the BR is where its at.

  • 10.21.2009 9:50 PM PDT

Everything from Halo 1 was...better

The BR is going to be in Reach.If you have actually read the books the Spartans first used the BR on Reach.They were only prototypes but they were Battle Rifles alright.

  • 10.21.2009 10:03 PM PDT
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i agree the BR should stay; but i personally don't SWAT' i play halo because i want have epic fights with future super soldiers. unloading magazines of assault rifles on each other. but I'm against the game type in MM


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  • 10.21.2009 10:09 PM PDT

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ehhh SWAT what a loss oh nose. haha im more of a griff ball guy one of the only reasons i play halo anymore

  • 10.21.2009 10:13 PM PDT

Posted by: Josephson
ehhh SWAT what a loss oh nose. haha im more of a griff ball guy one of the only reasons i play halo anymore


Yeah but like I said, a lot of people play swat. They arent going to ignore that.

  • 10.22.2009 7:29 AM PDT

Nothing is better than gaming through the day, into the night, then back into the day. It's like when you finally push that power button you feel like you've accomplished nothing, but at the same time, you can't stop smiling.

I hope they have a single-shot variant of it in Reach. I've always wanted to use one ever since I saw that first bit of gameplay for Halo 2.

  • 10.22.2009 7:33 AM PDT

i like me...

Posted by: Homeboyd903
Not going to happen. Do you ever play SWAT?! It is the most fun playlist in the game and there is on avg 15,000 players at a time playing.

Its the sole reason I still play Halo 3's MM.

The BR will return. Or some close variant.


A game that takes NO skill and makes for .1 second encounters? give me a break. Battle Rifle has a 3 shot burst and only 1 of those 3 bullets has to hit you in the head when you have no shields to get the kill. Swat is a game for noobs who like to see lots of metals. Swat Carbines is a MUCH better swat game. 1 bullet, 1 chance. battle rifle will not return in its current form in halo: reach. get over it.

[Edited on 10.23.2009 6:13 PM PDT]

  • 10.23.2009 6:09 PM PDT

erAsed is RIPPIN

Once you go Black you never go back!

SWAT sucks because Elites are borked.

  • 10.23.2009 6:21 PM PDT

Da Husk.

SWAT fails... BR fails... LIVING DEAD FTW!!!

  • 10.23.2009 6:22 PM PDT

I hunt for the Prophet of Contentment, the San 'Shyumm that murdered my son, and stole his birthright, his Energy Sword. They call our species Heretics. They claim to all that our tongues sting, our words a vile poison that feeds on the unworthy. I have seen the true face of Heresy. The head of a gallant warrior lay on the ground. His neck scorched and blistered, scarred by his own blade. I shall retrieve the weapon, and drive it through that bastard's heart! Punishment for his sins is nigh.

Posted by: Homeboyd903
Not going to happen. Do you ever play SWAT?! It is the most fun playlist in the game and there is on avg 15,000 players at a time playing.

Its the sole reason I still play Halo 3's MM.

The BR will return. Or some close variant.

So what, if it goes you move on to MW2 and play with nothing but the M16? I wouldn't mind if you did that, at least you would be out of OUR hair.

Anyway, if the BR goes there will be a headshot weapon that can be used for SWAT, I guarantee it.

[Edited on 10.23.2009 6:24 PM PDT]

  • 10.23.2009 6:23 PM PDT
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And if SWAT goes..

Halo becomes a perfect game

  • 10.23.2009 7:20 PM PDT

Posted by: Homeboyd903
The BR will return. Or some close variant.

No duh.

They aren't going to remove all the medium ranged weapons from the game when they can be balanced instead. Besides, without medium range weapons, the sniper dominates.

  • 10.23.2009 7:22 PM PDT

ANY VENUE I WILL END YOU

Halo 2 is the only place swat actually works.

  • 10.23.2009 7:44 PM PDT

Posted by: Baph117
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I'd rather not have the Battle Rifle. It's far too dominant.

  • 10.23.2009 8:21 PM PDT

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Chief vs the scarab? I find that hard to believe to roundhouse boot the scarab's figurative emotion out of the gaming zone.

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Posted by: Josephson
ehhh SWAT what a loss oh nose. haha im more of a griff ball guy one of the only reasons i play halo anymore


Yeah but like I said, a lot of people play swat. They arent going to ignore that.


Same with Grifball, which I really don't see them not working into Reach in some way because of its popularity. Anyway, I can play SWAT just fine with a pistol if need be.

  • 10.23.2009 8:47 PM PDT

Automag SWAT FTW

  • 10.23.2009 9:25 PM PDT

You just lost the game.

Posted by: Uranus62
Automag SWAT FTW

M6D SWAT FTW. Automag sucks against shields.

  • 10.23.2009 9:30 PM PDT

Posted by: urk
Eat raw meat.
Punch a bear in the face.


If you don't know who I am, the feeling is mutual.

SWAT won't necessarily go away, there's still the Carbine.

Still, the BR should ONLY stay if it gets balanced this time around. I'm sick of there being only one weapon people use to get kills.

  • 10.23.2009 9:35 PM PDT
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I love the complainers that complain about the complainers complaining.

Posted by: Homeboyd903
Not going to happen. Do you ever play SWAT?! It is the most fun playlist in the game and there is on avg 15,000 players at a time playing.

Its the sole reason I still play Halo 3's MM.

The BR will return. Or some close variant.

You play Halo 3 solely because of SWAT? So this is what Halo has come to? SWAT is the $hittiest playlist out there. Ask most of the community, and they will share my opinion. Don't even get me started about host. SWAT is the playlist that made Halo 3 a cheap game. Tactics for the playlist are slim at best. I say -blam!- the BR, and -blam!- SWAT.

[Edited on 10.23.2009 9:38 PM PDT]

  • 10.23.2009 9:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: RabidNutCase45
SWAT won't necessarily go away, there's still the Carbine.

Still, the BR should ONLY stay if it gets balanced this time around. I'm sick of there being only one weapon people use to get kills.


Besides that, if it left, i would imagine there would be a new human weapon that fills the mid-range niche.

  • 10.23.2009 9:37 PM PDT

Posted by: BoomShakalaka16
Posted by: Uranus62
Automag SWAT FTW

M6D SWAT FTW. Automag sucks against shields.

Uhh, SWAT doesn't have shields.

  • 10.23.2009 9:48 PM PDT

i like me...

Posted by: ericstifer
Posted by: Homeboyd903
Not going to happen. Do you ever play SWAT?! It is the most fun playlist in the game and there is on avg 15,000 players at a time playing.

Its the sole reason I still play Halo 3's MM.

The BR will return. Or some close variant.


A game that takes NO skill and makes for .1 second encounters? give me a break. Battle Rifle has a 3 shot burst and only 1 of those 3 bullets has to hit you in the head when you have no shields to get the kill. Swat is a game for noobs who like to see lots of metals. Swat Carbines is a MUCH better swat game. 1 bullet, 1 chance. battle rifle will not return in its current form in halo: reach. get over it.


so no one argues my opionion..typical of a BR lover. my opionion makes to much sense for them....-blam!-s

  • 10.23.2009 9:50 PM PDT